Indeed, Missouri, v close to Anglo/Irish version I have more than once refd above as sung by the Arthurs in 60s under title All Frolicking I'll Give Over, to tune not a million miles from the Barley-Straw family, ~ which however ends with his marrying another girl after infidelity of one he left behind. Would particularly draw attention to similarity of its stanza 4, set in Glasgow, to one above ~~

One evening as I left my work I crossed St George's Square;
The mailcoach it was just come in, the postboy met me there.
He handed me a letter that made me understand
That the Girl I Left Behind Me had been wed to some other man.
CHO: All frolicking I'll give over, bad company I'll resign.
I'll travel around from town to town for The Girl I Left Behind.

(May be relevant to mention here, as a cross-ref re tune, that I have recently added The Barley Straw to my YouTube channel.)


~Michael~